Castle Ghosts and Hauntings

Four Royals and a Hunt

Location: Windsor (Berkshire) - Windsor CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Nineteenth and twentieth centuriesFurther Comments: Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Charles I & George III have all reportedly been seen here after their natural lives ended. Elizabeth frequents the library, Charles the Canon's House, while George haunts the rooms in which he was bound after being declared mad. Henry VIII can only be heard, moving slowly down the corridors, dragging his bad leg. The great park attached to the castle is home to Herne the Hunter, who together with his devil dogs, stalk the woodlands. Finally (for the time being), the park is also haunted by the ghost of a Grenadier Guard who killed himself while on duty.

Blood of the Jews

Location: York (Yorkshire) - Clifford TowerType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Many Jews committed suicide in the tower rather than surrender to the rioting anti-Semitic mobs tearing up the town. The ground of the tower is said to be stained red, even after being dug up and replaced.

Metamorphic Paper

Location: York (Yorkshire) - York CastleType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 1717Further Comments: Sir John Reresby reported watching a piece of paper blowing in the wind change into a monkey before transforming into a bear.